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the assassination of john f. kennedy sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> to middle east experts now whether the use of drops is effective to come pat al-qaeda, both featured pammists at the brookings institution looking at the rides of the terror group in yemen. this is about an hour and a half. >>ed good -- >> good morning and welcome. i'm the research director here at brookings for middle east policy. i'm delightedded that you all came out on such a cold and miserable day in washington. that shows your fortitude and the importance of what we'll discuss today. one of the developments i would say of the last decade, perhaps a little longer is the emergence of yemen from a country that was seen as relatively obscure, and from a washington point of view, at least, something that was not a priority to becoming a country that has gone from, i'd say, the edge of the radar screen to the center. unfortunately, as yemen moved, knowledge of yes , ma'am men,ñr -- yemen, among the policy community and broadest middle east community in genera
the assassination of john f. kennedy sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> to middle east experts now whether the use of drops is effective to come pat al-qaeda, both featured pammists at the brookings institution looking at the rides of the terror group in yemen. this is about an hour and a half. >>ed good -- >> good morning and welcome. i'm the research director here at brookings for middle east policy. i'm delightedded that you all came out on such a cold and...
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[laughter] john mccain and joe lieberman. the reason that joe came back -- what a wonderful lady she is. >> have you finished your rounds? >> a have to do that because i do appreciate this opportunity. i came to the congress in 1972 as a young freshman congressman. i served during the reagan years of the house. i was a partisan warrior. the house tends to make you a partisan warrior. everyday you get up and try to figure out how you can beat the enemy. after a while, you say you have to change your attitude. i'm going to try to make this place work for the things i believe in. so i started working on that. what happened over the years, our biggest enemy is time. >> 20% of the members of the house leaving their office. >> they leave their families back home, they don't know each other, when i first came to washington as a staff member for a democrat, i went into the office. my job was to pour the cheap bourbon and light the cigars. they played gin rummy. i've never heard of that before. >> are you suggesting that nancy -- nanc
[laughter] john mccain and joe lieberman. the reason that joe came back -- what a wonderful lady she is. >> have you finished your rounds? >> a have to do that because i do appreciate this opportunity. i came to the congress in 1972 as a young freshman congressman. i served during the reagan years of the house. i was a partisan warrior. the house tends to make you a partisan warrior. everyday you get up and try to figure out how you can beat the enemy. after a while, you say you...
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the assassination of john f kennedy. sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> c-span incites middle and high school send a video to the president. what is the most important issue he should consider to win the grand prize of $5,000. it is open to students grade sixth through twelve. and the deadline january 18, 2013. for complete details and rules go online to studentcam.org. >>> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past rams and get our schedule at the website. you can join on the conversation on social media sites. >>> now attorney general eric holder announces a settlement in the bp. bp will pay a $4.5 fine and two men had been charge wpped manslaughter. this is a half hour. has the latest -- task forces members announcing the latest -- and ongoing efforts to achieve justice and that -- ability for this tragedy. today the united states district court here in the eastern describing distri
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>> john? >> talking about the south china sea come or east china sea dispute as alan alluded to, a lot of people in china to be the chinese action in those two areas is not something that china actually initiated out of a grand plan, but rather a post reaction to a provocative acts by other countries. like in the case o of the philippines, arresting, chasing chinese, in the case of the islands dispute. it's a nationalization of the items by japan against repeated chinese weren't. -- warnings. so how do we resolve this? does china have to back off? can china back off? are the philippines in japan at least partly to blame? at me, how would the united states act as a neutral, you know, peacekeeper? thank you very much. >> if you can keep your answers short we can get at least one more round. >> a last exercise i do remember we had with the pla military, pla was 2006 i think. are we hopeless on that account? can we have any prospect? i know the atmosphere certainly is not conducive now, but should
>> john? >> talking about the south china sea come or east china sea dispute as alan alluded to, a lot of people in china to be the chinese action in those two areas is not something that china actually initiated out of a grand plan, but rather a post reaction to a provocative acts by other countries. like in the case o of the philippines, arresting, chasing chinese, in the case of the islands dispute. it's a nationalization of the items by japan against repeated chinese weren't. --...
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what do you think of al smith or john f. kennedy would have said to a president who says to the catholic church change your religious beliefs or i will use my power as president to shut down your hospitals and your charities. that is a radical view. that is an extreme view. it's never had anything to do with contraceptives which everybody has a right to get, and nobody disagrees with that. this was always about government forcing americans to violate their religious conscious. yet, despite having an add min strags that took such a radical view, the president got 50% of the catholic vote, 71 #% of the hispanic vote, 50% of whom are catholics. did we once make the argument in the catholic community? we didn't make the argument, and if you don't make the argument, you don't win the argument. now, going forward, my focus in the u.s. senate, unfortunately, in the minority, are going to be working to cut spending, to push regulatory reform, and tax reform, to get economic growth back. when i asked each of you to do is bring the sa
what do you think of al smith or john f. kennedy would have said to a president who says to the catholic church change your religious beliefs or i will use my power as president to shut down your hospitals and your charities. that is a radical view. that is an extreme view. it's never had anything to do with contraceptives which everybody has a right to get, and nobody disagrees with that. this was always about government forcing americans to violate their religious conscious. yet, despite...
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as the president and john been in the what is the advice you give these two men? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left extremists and both of their size who say yours throwing the old lady off a cliff in a wheelchair versus -- i men grover. grover wandering the earth in white robes telling people if they raise taxes -- that was a freudian thing there. wait a minute. i have still less than. like an grover do? it can't money. can't burn your has to go if he can do is to feature for reelection or put some jerk in the primary to pick you off. if it means more to you than your country and extremity when it means patriots instead of answers, you shouldn't even be in the damned congress. [applause] >> your advice to the president and speaker boehner? >> compromise and do the right thing. the solution is out there. let's get with it. now is the magic moment. it's our responsibility. >> with that i want to thank both you. we're out of time here. in fact, i'm going to rush over to a bloomberg television c
as the president and john been in the what is the advice you give these two men? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left extremists and both of their size who say yours throwing the old lady off a cliff in a wheelchair versus -- i men grover. grover wandering the earth in white robes telling people if they raise taxes -- that was a freudian thing there. wait a minute. i have still less than. like an grover do? it can't...
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there you have at least in the first election of john does, i happen to be an election observer, and that was a free and fair election. you have a leader who is not fitting in the category did you just mentioned, but someone who basically has used elections and in non democratic ways. if elected in, but basically has been undertaking nondemocratic measures internally which impacts us. that is a very check -- challenging situation to grapple with in addition to the fundamentalists. >> just one thought. and from mine european pointed you, the so-called unipolar moment has led us in nato over emphasize what possible use of the military. i think over the last decade we have been forced to acknowledge that the application of military force tends to solve, at best, military challenges. if you're faced with a political problem you need a political solution, which needs more than just the military. i think that is, to me, a growing consensus in our community. that leads me to the first question about the determinants, development and the military. i mean, as a practitioner of diplomacy, i fi
there you have at least in the first election of john does, i happen to be an election observer, and that was a free and fair election. you have a leader who is not fitting in the category did you just mentioned, but someone who basically has used elections and in non democratic ways. if elected in, but basically has been undertaking nondemocratic measures internally which impacts us. that is a very check -- challenging situation to grapple with in addition to the fundamentalists. >> just...
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people like john kerry are completely incapable of helping the pentagon deal with this problem, even that problem, let alone the problem that i think is going to occur. the other candidates for the leadership of the pentagon to lead it through this area, michele flournoy is a very smart political will. she is no background in any of these issues. the other candidate is ashton carter. he is perceived as a good manager. if you look at his job on the f-35, i simply cannot agree. he's not taken on any fundamental problems that the f-35 represents. he's let it float on to the future, and it's going, it's going to face a phase in this, even in the sequester scenario. it's going to face faith that will do nothing but increase the cost on airplane up a gigantic disappointment in the terms of performance. and that is the result of his management. i don't see him as a competent candidate to lead the pentagon through this future it's about to face. thank you very much. >> thank you, winslow. our final speaker is heather hurlburt. she's a prolific author, former speechwriter, in the carter admin
people like john kerry are completely incapable of helping the pentagon deal with this problem, even that problem, let alone the problem that i think is going to occur. the other candidates for the leadership of the pentagon to lead it through this area, michele flournoy is a very smart political will. she is no background in any of these issues. the other candidate is ashton carter. he is perceived as a good manager. if you look at his job on the f-35, i simply cannot agree. he's not taken on...
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tell us who you are in europe delayed with tiered >> i'm john carlos with talk radio services. a quick comment about the indonesian government, it was similar to the canadians are germans coming after superserver standing in her government. my question has to do places around. this year, usaid was booted out of russia initially when they went there to help the russian people, one of the first things they did with the help of the russians to two extreme poverty. my question is, is a risk too much for us so that we would a sickly state thank you and to let the door his shoe on the way out. >> obviously an indonesian case, part of that is just their farm are sensitive to questions of faith and we are so it's not infrequent we would behave in a way that doesn't take into account adequately their cultural sensitivities. this happens all the time and life. what's the right thing to do if someone isn't appreciative you didn't do anything wrong. don't worry about it and sometimes that happens. i wouldn't hesitate to help people unless someone related to the recipient weren't helped by
tell us who you are in europe delayed with tiered >> i'm john carlos with talk radio services. a quick comment about the indonesian government, it was similar to the canadians are germans coming after superserver standing in her government. my question has to do places around. this year, usaid was booted out of russia initially when they went there to help the russian people, one of the first things they did with the help of the russians to two extreme poverty. my question is, is a risk...
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john t. focello and kevin trendberth of the center for atmospheric research in boulder, colorado, estimate that when hurricane sandy struck, ocean temperatures along the east coast were nearly five degrees above normal, in part attributed to global warming. warmer oceans expand. we know that, too. this explanation along with melting glaciers and snow pack has resulted in measurable and continuing rise of sea levels along our coasts. and, of course, as sea levels rise, tides and waves and storms and storm surges reach farther inland. sandy caused a whopping storm surge. that's the column of water that is formed by the winds and the pressure system of a major system. that surge peaked at about five and a half feet in newport, rhode island, less than the 9 1/2 in lower manhattan but still significant. at the newport tide gauge, mean sea level is up 10 inches. mean sea level is up ten inches from our devastating hurricane of 1938 and this extra ten inches of sea level increased sandy's storm surg
john t. focello and kevin trendberth of the center for atmospheric research in boulder, colorado, estimate that when hurricane sandy struck, ocean temperatures along the east coast were nearly five degrees above normal, in part attributed to global warming. warmer oceans expand. we know that, too. this explanation along with melting glaciers and snow pack has resulted in measurable and continuing rise of sea levels along our coasts. and, of course, as sea levels rise, tides and waves and storms...
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john? is. >> speaker boehner yesterday talked about not increasing tax rates on small businesses, so if that framework could be accomplished, what kind of revenues could be raised within that framework from your point of view, and could you consider the limit on the value of deductions that the president's had in his budget -- >> okay. first, in terms of small businesses how do you define a small business, and that's, again, one of the sort of slippery slopes a little bit. do you define a multibillion dollar entertainment company, sports team or hedge fund as a small business because their structure happens to be a business structure? and so i think there's, i think everyone agrees that what we really mean when we say small business, what the typical voter envisions when we mean small business is the local dry cleaner, the manufacturer who has 50 people making widgets and stuff like that. nobody thinks they should have their taxes raised. if it's used as sort of code for saying other people
john? is. >> speaker boehner yesterday talked about not increasing tax rates on small businesses, so if that framework could be accomplished, what kind of revenues could be raised within that framework from your point of view, and could you consider the limit on the value of deductions that the president's had in his budget -- >> okay. first, in terms of small businesses how do you define a small business, and that's, again, one of the sort of slippery slopes a little bit. do you...
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from your right, john, editor for the institute for defense analysis. ann roosevelt deputy managing editor for defense daily. ben duly, staff writer for kyoto news. andrea stone come contributor to the huffingtonpost.com. jim michaels, military writer for usa today and a former marine infantry officer. captain danny hernandez public affairs officer for the chief of naval operations in the guest of the speaker. don leinwand usa today and former president and sycophant the speaker for just a moment, jennifer sean byrd anchor for the television show the wall street report and the speakers kennedy liaison who organized today's event. bill holland, associate editor of classglapdaily. jam, a retired navy reserve capt national press club member vietnam veteran and a member of the american legion post 20 at the national press club. ken a free-lance writer commander and the american legion post 20 at the national press club of. john rosenberg a policy adviser strategic information and communications group. thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> admiral jo
from your right, john, editor for the institute for defense analysis. ann roosevelt deputy managing editor for defense daily. ben duly, staff writer for kyoto news. andrea stone come contributor to the huffingtonpost.com. jim michaels, military writer for usa today and a former marine infantry officer. captain danny hernandez public affairs officer for the chief of naval operations in the guest of the speaker. don leinwand usa today and former president and sycophant the speaker for just a...
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mitt romney got fewer votes than john mccain in ohio and still came within two points. the technology included so-called orca system. some of you maybe read about that in the last couple days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to insure that we were targeting people getting to the polls. it imploded on election day. it got so many hits from around the country as it should have saying gee this person voted. this person didn't vote. target calls. we thought it was under attack and closed down. so for those of you here from, again, the technology field and with interest in politics, we republicans want to talk to you. [laughter] we need some help. the democrats system i think is called gorton was quite effective at microtargeting. i heard a lot of anecdotes. i heard one this morning that you will love. someone gets a call a democrat in law school. gee, we see you voted. by the way this information is publicly voted. it is at 2:00 on election, but your sister at tulane has not voted, could you call her? that east the level which they were dealing we frankl
mitt romney got fewer votes than john mccain in ohio and still came within two points. the technology included so-called orca system. some of you maybe read about that in the last couple days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to insure that we were targeting people getting to the polls. it imploded on election day. it got so many hits from around the country as it should have saying gee this person voted. this person didn't vote. target calls. we thought it was under attack...
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johns college inside of new mexico and my question is quite broad. i'm interested in the arab spring, the middle east seems or in fact is in some sense more united than it was before and should we, the united states, and the rest of the world, should be regarded as being more united or are there more differences after what we have seen happen during the arab spring? if you could also be -- specifically talk about where these differences are? thank you. >> george pace with world affairs in stanford. steven hadley referenced ambassador. he spoke a while in new new new york, a while ago in new york and made a couple of major points one of which was the need for the growth of the spirit of pluralism and politics across the region in the middle east. when he was asked with the seeds of that growth are the conditions might foster that growth might be, he essentially reiterated his other point which is that americans shouldn't think they have much to do with creating or fostering it so granted that second , i would ask this panel, are there seeds of growth
johns college inside of new mexico and my question is quite broad. i'm interested in the arab spring, the middle east seems or in fact is in some sense more united than it was before and should we, the united states, and the rest of the world, should be regarded as being more united or are there more differences after what we have seen happen during the arab spring? if you could also be -- specifically talk about where these differences are? thank you. >> george pace with world affairs in...
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chairman levin and other committee members expressed their support for john alan. he is being investigated for alleged misconduct related to the scandals that force the resignation of cia director david petraeus. this is about two and a half hours. >> good morning everybody. general joseph dunford jr. united states to be the next commander of the international security assistance force. this morning's hearing was originally scheduled to also include consideration of the nomination of general john allen to be commander of the u.s. european command and supreme allied commander. general allen of course currently holds the positions for which general dunford is nominated. however earlier this week the department of defense requested that general allen's nomination be put on hold, pending a department of defense inspector general reviewed. we have agreed and hope that the review can be completed from play. general dunford brings to this nomination he distinguished military career with over 35 years of military service. is currently the assistant commandant of the marine
chairman levin and other committee members expressed their support for john alan. he is being investigated for alleged misconduct related to the scandals that force the resignation of cia director david petraeus. this is about two and a half hours. >> good morning everybody. general joseph dunford jr. united states to be the next commander of the international security assistance force. this morning's hearing was originally scheduled to also include consideration of the nomination of...
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that made president john f. kennedy's. , newton minnow, spoke to the national association of broadcasting. his speech generally remembered for the declaration that tv had become a vast wasteland. but the speech, and i recommend reading it was actually about much more than its remembered for. at its core insights provide enduring lesson, very relevant for today. minow spoke about the new communications technologies of his day. broadcast tv, what we now call cable tv and satellite communications. they were all discussed in his speech. in his overriding message, was that these technologies offer new opportunities to do good, and to do the opposite. and he spoke about how our obligation as a society was to seize the positive opportunities new communications technology, to harness the power of technology for the benefit of all people, to advance the causes of prosperity and freedom, to educate and inform, to help our children fulfill their potential, to help our great nation to a bright future. and to do these things
that made president john f. kennedy's. , newton minnow, spoke to the national association of broadcasting. his speech generally remembered for the declaration that tv had become a vast wasteland. but the speech, and i recommend reading it was actually about much more than its remembered for. at its core insights provide enduring lesson, very relevant for today. minow spoke about the new communications technologies of his day. broadcast tv, what we now call cable tv and satellite communications....
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ian lipkin, who is in, indeed, john snow professor of epidemiology and professor of neurology and pathology at columbia. international recognize for the department and implementation of molecular methods. if i recall correctly, ian has talked about his profession into words as bible discovery. he directs the center for infection and immunity, the world health organization collaborating centre on diagnostics, surveillance and immunotherapeutic for emerging infectious diseases. and northeast biodefense said and his coach of the national bio surveillance advisory subcommittee. no shortage of serious credentials. he took his indeed at rush medical college, medicine residency at university of washington, fellowship with michael old stone, famous dizzy spell, and then he served in beijing as an intermediary between w.h.o. and the chinese government during the sars outbreak 2003 which is something i suspect we will talk about. he codirects sars research efforts in china with current minister of health. >> daniel jernigan, captain dan, is in, indeed, miles per hour, captain indiana state's public h
ian lipkin, who is in, indeed, john snow professor of epidemiology and professor of neurology and pathology at columbia. international recognize for the department and implementation of molecular methods. if i recall correctly, ian has talked about his profession into words as bible discovery. he directs the center for infection and immunity, the world health organization collaborating centre on diagnostics, surveillance and immunotherapeutic for emerging infectious diseases. and northeast...
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>> both secretaries, in 1961 john f. kennedy said we'd put a man on the moon, eight years later america was there. we're talking about an integrated electronic health record by 2017. why could we put a man on the moon in eight years, and -- we're not starting from ground zero with the lek -- electronic health record. why is it taking so long? because it is so vital, especially secretary shinseki, to solving the backlog issue that exists in regards to disability claims. >> mr. chairman, i, i can't account for the previous ten years. i do know there's a history here. but let me just suggest that two large departments each having their own electronic health record which happened to be two very good, maybe the two best electronic health records in the country, and trying to bring that culture together to say we're going to have one, and it's entirely possible -- and i agree with you, it's not technology, it's leadership here between secretary panetta and i we have in the last year met five times, four times. we're going to m
>> both secretaries, in 1961 john f. kennedy said we'd put a man on the moon, eight years later america was there. we're talking about an integrated electronic health record by 2017. why could we put a man on the moon in eight years, and -- we're not starting from ground zero with the lek -- electronic health record. why is it taking so long? because it is so vital, especially secretary shinseki, to solving the backlog issue that exists in regards to disability claims. >> mr....